The CFPB recently announced changes to its Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs) policy to ensure they provide more information about the potentially wrongful conduct that is under investigation. To recap, the Bureau uses this policy when issuing subpoenas to companies who are under investigation for possible violations.

Facebook recently announced some major changes to its advertising platform after being accused of enabling discrimination. The social media giant has faced years of scrutiny over its ad practices, which appeared to allow advertisers to exclude certain individuals from seeing housing, employment, and/or lending ads.

On December 28th, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed S. 9080 into law, which enacted a comprehensive AMC registration and oversight program for the state. New York is the 49th state to pass such legislation, which is scheduled to take effect 120 days after being signed by the governor – or April 27th.

Several Democrats in both the Senate and House of Representatives have introduced a new bill to bring back an old Dodd-Frank reporting requirement on loan quality criteria, which was repealed last year when Republicans controlled each chamber of Congress.

New Hampshire’s House of Representatives recently passed HB 270, which has been sent to the Senate for consideration. If officially passed into law, the new bill would create a judicial foreclosure process within the state.

The Appraisal Institute recently announced that it has launched a new 7-hour classroom seminar regarding leasehold valuation issues known as, “How Tenants Create or Destroy Value: Leasehold Valuation and its Impact on Value.”

The Appraisal Standards Board (ASB) of The Appraisal Foundation recently announced that it has issued a 4th Exposure Draft for the 2020-2021 edition of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), which is open for public comments through April 1st.